- Issued by
- Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, American, founded 1906
- Manufactured by
- St. Louis Button Company Manufacturers, American
- Owned by
- Lowery, Rhonda Daniel, American, born 1901
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- metal and plastic with synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Intact Object): 3 1/4 × 15/16 × 1/8 in. (8.3 × 2.4 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W (Detached Fragment): 9/16 × 15/16 in. (1.5 × 2.4 cm)
- Description
- Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. This is a composite object with a white button pin and an attached ribbon. The blue text on the white button pin reads [MISSISSIPPI / ASS’N / TEACHERS / COLORED / SCHOOLS/ MEMBER]. The silver text on the navy blue ribbon and the loose ribbon fragment reads [?]REENWOO] [D] / 1929. On the back of the button there is black printed text within an ellipse shape seal that reads [ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO. / MANUFACTURERS / LOCAL NO. 5 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL/ OF AMERICA / ST. LOUIS / ST. LOUIS, MO.].
- Place used
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
- Object number
- 2014.177.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




